Examining Diverse Learning Spaces and Their Effect on Student Learning

Abstract

Education has been at the forefront of all cultures since the beginning of time. Its significance, often described and held to different standards throughout the world, has often relied on its instructors, setting, and facilities. As technology develops, its role in today's schools and educational facilities grows. Many of those schools do not have the facilities to keep up with the ever-changing technologies that the instructors must use to stay relevant. This research provides architectural solutions to the shifting needs of today's learning from traditional to 21st Century environments. Educational spaces that inhibit features conducive to student learning that are also engaging for those students can bridge even the largest of cultural gaps. Research investigates and analyzes which learning methods are successful and precedents that demonstrate them. It also examines architectural layouts that best support this variety of instruction methods.